why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition

Wed Mar 26 08:28:47 UTC 2014

You only need Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo on board and everyone will follow... They might even be able to dictate new SMTP RFCs. 

David Hofstee

Deliverability Management
MailPlus B.V. Netherlands (ESP)

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Van: Jimmy Hess [mailto:mysidia at gmail.com] 
Verzonden: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 4:17 AM
Aan: John R. Levine
CC: NANOG list
Onderwerp: Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:55 PM, John R. Levine <johnl at iecc.com> wrote:

>  I would suggest the formation of an "IPv6 SMTP Server operator's club,"
>> with a system for enrolling certain IP address source ranges as  
>> "Active
>
>  Surely you don't think this is a new idea.
>

Would it make it more unique;  if I suggested creation of a new distributed Cryptocurrency  something like 'MAILCoin'  to  track the memberships in the club  and handle voting out of abusive mail servers:  in a distributed
manner,   to ensure that no court could ever  mandate that a certain IP
address be accepted into the club?

Not necessarily.   But  I haven't yet heard of any meaningful attempt to
implement something like that.       Obviously with IPv4;  way too many
"legacy"  mail servers  exist that will never bother to implement new
protocols and practice improvements ----   even basic things,  such as SMTP
rejecting invalid recipients instead of sending unsolicited bounce replies to senders (forged by spammers).

> R's,
> John

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-JH